Tag: Ursula von der Leyen
Private Party
Summit meeting
Viktor Orbán’s open arms for Russian residency bond owners
Launched in 2013 and cancelled in 2017, the Hungarian Residency Bond programme provided permanent residency status in Hungary to non-EU nationals. Over the years, the programme was used by top Russian officials, some of whom were later targeted by EU sanctions in the aftermath of the invasions of Ukraine. Non-profit Hungarian news outlet Direkt36 investigates.
Europe faces the social cost of energy transition
Fighting climate change while keeping economic promises – it is proving to be a difficult balancing act. Within its “just transition” policy, the EU has multiplied initiatives, funding and innovations in order to achieve its environmental goals without harming the most vulnerable. But these good intentions are clashing with the economic reality of industries and jobs that are ill-equipped for change.
Couch!
The lesson from a year of Covid: move on, Europe
The pandemic that started in Europe one year ago this week has put the EU on a test. If it wants to pass it, it should focus on its ability to deliver to citizens, starting from vaccines.
Workers want a new socio-ecological contract
Climate is changing and so are Europeans. Are their jobs changing, too? Squeezed between politics, the economy and COVID-19, workers are looking for a brand new role that is fair to all of them as much as it is to the environment, say participants to the latest European Trade Union Institute conference.